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"As the weather is predicted to change into spring conditions, the campus at Champlain College is undergoing its own transformation.\u00A0Using the WPTZ app? Click here to watch the video online.\u00A0With a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, the college welcomed the construction of the future Center for Communications and Creative Media, a new addition that will house all Champlain's communications and media programs -- the largest academic department at the school.\u00A0The addition will be built off the existing Hauke building on Maple Street, providing 75,000 square feet of new spaces for classes in media, such as video game design, animation, broadcasting, public relations and communications.\u00A0Dean of Communications and New Media, Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, said the new space will give students more resources and opportunities for hands-on experience in the industry of their major.The addition will also house dining areas, a school store and act as a transit hub for campus-run buses.The $24.5-million building is scheduled to be completed in August 2015.\u00A0\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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